Some of these statutory rights are only available to employees, not to temporary agency workers.

Most of the statutory rights to time off that are available to temporary agency workers can only be accessed after 12 weeks spent doing the same kind of job for the same hirer. They include:

paid time off when pregnant to go to antenatal appointments;

unpaid time off to accompany your partner to up to two antenatal appointments;

paid time off for up to five adoption meetings if you are the primary adopter; and

unpaid time off for up to two adoption meetings if you are the secondary adopter.

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